Robot Educates Children on How to Properly Call 911

陈裕明

美国的火警电话是911，为了让更多的孩子了解如何拨打911、什么时候拨打911，以及拨打911后该如何述说事情，机器人也加入了这个宣传行列。

Justin and Michael remembered the big fox. It visited them at Park Primary School.

Members of the City 911 Office dress up （as， in）___① an orange fox costume1 to play Red E. Fox at local primary schools. Red teaches young children on how to properly2 call 911.

On Friday afternoon， however， eight-year-old Michael was so surprised to see Red riding around the City Government Center.

“I was really afraid，” Michael said.

Unlike the other Red E. Fox， there was no person in a costume. It was a talking robot.

This spring the 911 Office bought a 3-foot-tall robot called Red E. Fox from 9-1-1 for Kids. “The robot costs us about $6，000 each”， said an officer from 911 Office.

The robot has a five-hour battery3， a microphone4， and can speak in five different voices.

Elise Kim， a director of 9-1-1 for Kids， said the purpose of the robot is to draw childrens attention so they can learn the proper use of the 911 telephone number.

“Children like animal characters. They find （them， they） ② lovely，” Kim said. “They are the messengers to carry the useful message of when and when not to call 911， how to dial 911 and what to say.”

Notes： 1. costume n. 服装 2. properly adv. 正确地 3. battery n. 电池 4. microphone n. 麦克风

I. 根据短文内容，选用括号内的词语补全文中①、②处。

1. ①

2. ②

II. 根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）、误（F）。

3. This kind of robot can talk.

4. When you want to call 911， the 911 robot

can help you.

III. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

5. When did Michael see the 911 robot for the first time？

6. How many different voices can the 911 robot speak？

7. What do you think of the 911 robot？

IV. 將文中划线部分的句子进行同义句转换，每空一词。

8. We ___ about $6，000 ___ the robot

each.

9. Children____ ____ ____

animal characters.

V. 阅读短文，模仿短文中句子造句。

10. teach sb. + 疑问词 + 动词不定式

11. 动词cost